Automotive
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25 Nov 2004
Univar’s Dureal™ system makes UK debut at Coach & Bus 2004
Dureal™, Univar’s AdBlue turnkey delivery programme and system, attracted good interest from major bus builders and operators at the Coach & Bus fair, held earlier this month at the NEC in Birmingham. The Dureal offering, which is based on providing customers with a complete service offering, made its UK debut at the show. It combines safe, spill and tamper proof dispensing equipment, a quality assured product – AdBlue to DIN 70070 IQGS -, as well as telemetry linked distribution and quality control.
16 Nov 2004
Interplas maps out a bright future
The UK’s leading plastics and rubber show, Interplas, has now booked its space at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, for October 7-9, 2008. Interplas is also looking at exciting opportunities for 2006 and 2007 that will compliment the 2008 show.
The new Volkswagen Golf A5 driver-side airbags, with covers moulded of Arnitel® thermoplastic elastomer ether ester block copolymer (TPE-E) from DSM Engineering Plastics, deploy more safely thanks to the material’s outstanding low-temperature properties. No cracking or splintering has been observed in covers made of Arnitel® PM471 in cold deployment testing at temperatures as low as -35 °C, outperforming competitive materials. At the same time, the DSM material retains significant strength at temperatures as high as 
Iwis, a major European supplier of automotive chain systems as well as chains and components for industrial applications, uses two grades of Stanyl® (PA46) from DSM Engineering Plastics for timing chain tensioners on the Porsche Cayenne engine. One Stanyl grade with outstanding wear resistance, TW341, is used for the top layer that presses on the timing chain. Stanyl TW241F10, the second grade, exhibits high stiffness, making it ideal for the base of the tensioner.
Univar’s Dureal presentation attracted a large audience at the IAA Commercial Vehicles, the international trade fair for trucks and delivery vans that was held in Hanover, Germany, from 23 to 30 September. Truck dealers and transport companies from around Europe visited the stand in the central area of the fair to learn about Euro IV and Euro V exhaust emission standards, SCR catalytic converter technology, and the Dureal service solution for AdBlue tanks. 